Porch-swing.



G. P. & R. N. MOENTIRE.

PORCH SWING.

APPLICATION IILED AUG. 3I 1908.

Patnted Jan. 12. 1909.

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GEORGE I. MCENTIRE AND RALPH N. MCENTIRE, OF TOPEKA; KANSAS.

PORCH-SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed August 3, 1908. SeriallNc. M6,56

the United States, residing in Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Tm rovement in Porch-Swings, of which the ollowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a strong, durable, and comfortable porch swing, one that is fully capable of withstanding the uses and abuses to which such an article is subjected.

Our invention is a porch swing made entirely of metal, excepting some few details, comprising angle-iron frames and wire fabric, and attached cooperatively as will be hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, and in the description of the drawings, we have shown our inventionin its preferred form, and have shown the best mode of applying the principles thereof; but it is to be understood that our invention is not confined to the exact details of construction shown in those drawings and in that description, and that we contemplate changes in form, proportions, materials, and arrangement, the transposition of parts, and the substitution of equivalent members, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a porch swing made in accordance with the principles of our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, a secondary position of the back and footrest being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken approximately on the line 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on the line 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 5 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The seat may have its frame made of an gle-iron ends 6, 6, and angle-iron front and back strips, 7, 7, properly secured together at the corners; while the main body of the seat may be made of a wire fabric 8, preferably of the kind shown, which consists of the wire links 9, disposed at right-angles, and connected with metal rings 10, the ends being connected to the end strips 6, 6 of the frame by the extension springs 11. 12, 12 are 1 the front cornerposts, also made of angleiron, and 13, 13 are the back posts; on which 1 are supported the top end rails 14, 14, respectively; and these rails are preferably merely extensions of the front corner posts bent at right-angles, and pivoted or bolted to the back posts. The posts may be properly braced by the brace rods 15, 15. e

16 is a foot-rest pivoted at 17, 17 to the front of the seat, and comprising an angleiron frame and a wire fabric similar to the frame and fabric of the seat, as indicated in the drawings. 18 is the back, also comprising an angle-iron frame and a wire fabric similar to the seat, and pivoted to the rear of the seat at 19, 19.

Secured under each end rail 14 is a rack 20, adapted to be engaged by a loop 21 formed in the end of a rod 22 which is pivoted to the back 18 at 23. Also pivoted to the back 18, at each end of the seat, is another rod 25, pivoted at 24, the other end being pivoted to a lever 26 which is pivoted to the end. strip 6 at 27, the other end of the lever being ivoted to a link 28 which connects it with t e foot-rest 16.

29 is an arm rest placed upon each of the top rails 14 and secured thereto by an eyebolt 30 at each end. A chain 31 is secured to each eye-bolt for sustaining the swing.

A cushion 32 may be provided for theback; and a cushion 33 may be provided for the seat, with a drop 34 for the foot-rest.

By lifting the loop 21 with the hands, and pressing against the back, the back may be tilted rearwardly to any desired position, where it may be held by dropping the loop into the proper notch of the rack 20. And the rearward movement of the back carries with it the forward and upward movement of the foot-rest, through the rod 25 lever 26 and link 28. The extreme positions of these arts are shown by the dotted outlines in ig. 2. To restore the parts, as where the person reclining on the swing is about to get out, he only needs to bear down on the footl rest, which restores the foot-rest and back to their vertical positions.

As our swing is substantially all of metal, it may be left out in the weather, without injury. The frame is strong and not easily injured, and yet the wire fabric affords an extremely easy, comfortable and agreeable support for the body.

What we claim is:

1. The combination of an angle-iron seat and frame, end rails and arm rests built upon said frame at the ends with means secured to the end rails for sustaining the same, an angle-iron back frame pivoted to the seatframe, an angle-iron foot-rest frame pivoted to the seat-frame, a wire body fabric for said frames provided with spring connections with said frames, a rack under each armrest, a rod pivoted to the back frame at each end and terminating in a loop which engages the rack, a leverpivoted to the seat-frame at each end, a rod connecting one end of the lever with the back-frame and a link connecting the other end with the foot-rest frame.

2. The combination of an angle-iron seatframe, angle-iron end rails supported thereon, an arm-rest on each end rail, eye-bolts for securing the arm-rest to the end-rail, chains secured to the eye-bolts for sustaining the seat, an angle-iron back-frame pivoted to the seat-frame, an angle-iron foot-rest frame pivoted to the seat-frame, a wire body fabric for each of said frames and extension springs connecting said frames with said fabrics respectively, a rack under each armrest and a rod at each end of the back-frame ivoted thereto and provided with a loop or engaging said rack, a lever pivoted to the seat-frame at each end, a rod at each end of the back-frame and pivoted thereto and connected with the upper end of the lever, and a link connecting the lower end of the lever with the foot-rest frame, substan V tially as described.

3. The combination of an angle-iron seat frame, end rails and arm rests built upon said frames at the ends with means secured to the end rails for sustaining the same, an angle-iron back frame pivoted to the seatframe, an angle-iron foot-rest frame pivoted to the seat-frame, a wire body fabric for said GEORGE. P. MOENTIRE. RALPH N. MOENTIRE.

Witnesses:

OHAs. W. TEMPLETON, BERTHA WETHERTON. 

